(Far Left)Communism - Socialism - Liberalism(Left)
- Moderate (Center) Capitalism -
(Right)Conservativism - Religious Right - Fascism(Far Right)
Communism - Theoretically there are no poor, there are no rich, also no incentive for excellence. The Government owns all industry.
Socialism - There are the rich, they are evil and must be kept in check, the government is there to take from them and give to those who haven't been as successful.
Liberalism - Say whatever the "have-not's" and Special Interests want to hear and what the "Idealistic Egalitarian's" need to hear to feel "Evolved" to get elected. The power of office is it's own reward and they will do whatever it takes to stay in office.
Moderate - A balance of controlled capitalism and social conscience. Help yourself and collectively lend a hand to those in less fortunate circumstances.
Conservatism - "Rising Waters Lift All Ships", government needs to just "get out of the way", let the entrepreneur do his thing, all strata of society benefits, you reap what you sow. Charity is more efficient and effective when it's voluntary.
Religious Right - Fiscally conservative, but wants to dictate morality and personal behavior to the populace.
Fascist - The state controls privately-owned industry, picks winners and losers and dictates what behavior is acceptable.
I used to think that America was set up to be politically Center (Moderate), with the tensions and struggle being between Center-Left(Liberal) and Center-Right(Conservative). That this linear Two-party system was healthy and kept us "on track" as a Democratic Republic. The pendulum would swing back and forth as time went by. I think that is what the politicians want us to believe, it's really not true!
My next post is how I view things now and why.
Socialism - There are the rich, they are evil and must be kept in check, the government is there to take from them and give to those who haven't been as successful.
Liberalism - Say whatever the "have-not's" and Special Interests want to hear and what the "Idealistic Egalitarian's" need to hear to feel "Evolved" to get elected. The power of office is it's own reward and they will do whatever it takes to stay in office.
Moderate - A balance of controlled capitalism and social conscience. Help yourself and collectively lend a hand to those in less fortunate circumstances.
Conservatism - "Rising Waters Lift All Ships", government needs to just "get out of the way", let the entrepreneur do his thing, all strata of society benefits, you reap what you sow. Charity is more efficient and effective when it's voluntary.
Religious Right - Fiscally conservative, but wants to dictate morality and personal behavior to the populace.
Fascist - The state controls privately-owned industry, picks winners and losers and dictates what behavior is acceptable.
I used to think that America was set up to be politically Center (Moderate), with the tensions and struggle being between Center-Left(Liberal) and Center-Right(Conservative). That this linear Two-party system was healthy and kept us "on track" as a Democratic Republic. The pendulum would swing back and forth as time went by. I think that is what the politicians want us to believe, it's really not true!
My next post is how I view things now and why.
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